Ed Fornieles
Finiliar
About the Item
Do you understand market indicators, linear diagrams, histograms and income curves? Do you know how fungible tokens are different from non-fungible ones? For the uninitiated, this is all practically meaningless and inspires nothing but despondent confusion.
In order to support people like us, the former data analyst-turned-post-internet artist Ed Fornieles created a sweet little monster that follows the crypto-art scene in real time, rejoicing at market bubbles and sobbing over drops in exchange rates. The behaviour of Fornieles’ cute kawaii character is a perfect embodiment of the market, allowing us to perceive its state not in a moment but a glance.
About the Artist
A post-internet artist using Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram as raw materials, Fornieles collapses the distinction between the online and the offline worlds by translating web-based art into sculpture and performance. A former data analyst, Fornieles uses real-time information from news feeds and social media to explore contemporary power structures, all with an underlying satire and excess.
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